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Tropical Fish Keeping => Gallery Showcase => Topic started by: Rustle on May 22, 2018, 10:01:59 AM

Title: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: Rustle on May 22, 2018, 10:01:59 AM

I thought i would share some pictures of my nine month old tank.

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: TopCookie on May 22, 2018, 11:43:04 AM

Looking very good Rustle...  especially like the background you've got there...  :)

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: daveyng on May 22, 2018, 05:59:15 PM

Looking good Rustle. The Cherry Barbs are lovely. Like the picture of the Oto’s hanging around on the glass.

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: fcmf on May 22, 2018, 07:01:24 PM

Wow - the tank, its aquascape, the choice of tank inhabitants and the individual photos of them, look absolutely fantastic. 8) Well done! There is something particularly adorable about cories crouching together.

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: Rustle on May 25, 2018, 06:33:51 AM

Thanks all  :)  It's took me a good while to actually get it like that. I had huge algae problem one time with blackbeard on the amazon swords & also that long stringy algae but it's now all been eradicated after learning more about the type of plant that suits my water parameters better and also my lighting set up.

I think the cory's are my favourite fish and that photo is my screen saver  :)

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: Matt on May 26, 2018, 08:20:51 AM

I agree, the corys are sooo cute!

Tank looks great too! What's the plant with the thin leaves on the lhs?

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: Rustle on May 26, 2018, 09:57:56 AM

@Matt it was sold as Cyprus Helferi from a place called watermarque not far from me but i think you can get it online too. My gouramis love swimming inbetween the strands and spend most of the time resting in that plant.

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plantfinder/details.php?id=136

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: Matt on May 26, 2018, 01:14:19 PM

That's great to know and has encouraged me to add more vallis to my scape which includes gourami.

I've never ventured into growing this plant due to its medium difficulty classification... I might just give it a go now. I just bought a crinum calamistratum which I'm hoping will do similar too...

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: Rustle on May 27, 2018, 05:26:57 AM

I thought about having that plant one time' It reminds me of a big spider. My plant did take a while to grow so you need to be a bit patient but it's well worth it in the end.

Good luck with both and hope to see some photos eventually :)

Title: Re: Rustle's tank update 9 months
Post by: Littlefish on May 28, 2018, 09:06:58 AM

Your tank looks great.  :afro